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Gananoque to study Stone Street pedestrian crossover
February 25, 2026
By Keith Dempsey, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Town of Gananoque council has directed staff to examine the feasibility and cost of installing a pedestrian crossover at the intersection of Stone…
Kingston-area visitors to Puerto Vallarta describe smoke, gunfire, burned buses after unrest
February 25, 2026
By Michelle Dorey Forestell, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Kingstonist Kingston-area residents vacationing in Puerto Vallarta say they are safe but witnessed scenes they describe as chaotic — and at…
Local parkour coach champions inclusiveness
February 25, 2026
By Sarah Williams, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Napanee Beaver For Cora Wright, owner of Pegasus Movement Academy (PMA), parkour is more than a sport. It’s a way of life,…
'Kin, not evacuees’: inside Kingston's support for Kashechewan Cree residents
February 24, 2026
By Michelle Dorey Forestell, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Kingstonist More than a month after arriving in Kingston, residents from Kashechewan First Nation are still living in hotel rooms far…
Council votes to consider toughening Kingston’s Tree By-Law
February 20, 2026
By Christena Lawrie, CFRC's Broadcast Journalist and Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. At their most recent meeting, Council unanimously voted in favour of looking into toughening the City’s Tree By-Law. The…
Raised in poverty, now shaping national policy: Dr. Jamaica Cass receives Order of Ontario
February 20, 2026
By Michelle Dorey Forestell, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter An Amherstview physician whose work is helping reshape Indigenous health care and medical education across Canada says her appointment to the Order…
The Road to Blue
February 19, 2026
By Eleanor Zichy, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Picton Gazette In the tradition of rock musicals that build a story around one band’s discography, In the Key of Blue is…
Council demands Kingston stop on proposed high-speed rail line
February 19, 2026
By Christena Lawrie, CFRC's Broadcast Journalist and Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. At their meeting on Tuesday night, Council passed a motion advocating for a Kingston stop on the Alto High-Speed…
Addiction Support comes to Picton
February 19, 2026
By Eleanor Zichy, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Picton Gazette A new drop-in centre in the Picton Library marks the first return of peer support for addiction and mental health…
Quick-thinking strangers recognized for saving man in roadside cardiac emergency
February 18, 2026
By Michelle Dorey Forestell, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Kingstonist A delivery driver who blocked a roadway to halt traffic and recruit help and two motorists who rushed to assist…